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World Issues Survey, 1979 (ICPSR 7822)

Principal Investigator(s):Market Opinion Research

Summary:

This telephone survey of 1,200 Americans was conducted in
November and December of 1979. Data were gathered on respondents'
perceptions of world issues, e.g., world hunger, global distribution
of resources (including energy), foreign aid, emerging global
priorities, social welfare versus military spending, and perceptions
of the impact of these issues on the respondents and their
families. Additional data include sources of information on the state
of world hunger, such as various ty... (more info)

This telephone survey of 1,200 Americans was conducted in
November and December of 1979. Data were gathered on respondents'
perceptions of world issues, e.g., world hunger, global distribution
of resources (including energy), foreign aid, emerging global
priorities, social welfare versus military spending, and perceptions
of the impact of these issues on the respondents and their
families. Additional data include sources of information on the state
of world hunger, such as various types of media, other people, and
churches/organizations, as well as where respondents had donated money
in the past two years, e.g., UNICEF, American Cancer Society, overseas
relief work, and special disaster funds. Demographic data include age,
education, family status, race and ethnicity, religion, income, and
travel experience.

Access Notes

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The codebook for this dataset consists of a
reproduction of the data collection instrument with archive variable
numbers inserted. Open-ended questions were not coded and the
responses are not included in the data, but the questions are provided
(without the added variable numbers) in the codebook to retain the
continuity of the survey process.

Methodology

Sample:
The survey was administered via telephone interview to a
representative probability-proportionate-to-area sample of 1,200
respondents.

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: